Current estimates of the fed stimulus year to date are at 2 trillion US dollars, so please pay your taxes on time as someone has to foot the bill. One might conclude that some of that money might have inadvertently …
This week the organizers of an Olympic shooting competition being held in Kuwait, inadvertently played the parody of the national anthem of Kazakhstan from the movie "Borat" instead of the real one, setting off outrage and a full blown Investigation. …
The effect of climate change has actually trickled down to the Stock Market as Equity Markets continued its melt up this week, ending up 2%. Good news from the Fed regarding the improving economy hit the tape and the market …
So, round and round we go,
Where the world's headed, nobody knows
- The Temptations
Now that the Greek debt crisis has been finally solved, the result seems even more ambiguous than ever. Most Greek sovereign debt bondholders have agreed …
Not ones to miss out on an opportunity to party, some Grecians took off from full time riot duty protesting newly implemented austerity measures, to celebrate “Clean Monday” festival that marks the beginning of Lent. Some of those inclined to …
This week the Republican presidential primaries produced yet another front runner, uber conservative Rick Santorum. His position on same sex marriage, birth control, gays in the military, food stamps, health reform, women’s rights, and cell phone usage by the uninsured …
Protesting “ongoing human rights violations”, feminists played topless street hockey in Switzerland to stop the IHF (International Hockey Federation) from having its world tournament hosted in Belarus, Russia. As they take their bras off, I take my hat off to …
This week kicked off the Chinese New Year; the Year of the Dragon. The Dragon is revered and considered the most important, lucky and prosperous of all signs in the Chinese zodiac.
Dragon fire fueled by cheap natural gas could …
Despite Google's (GOOG) 50 + point decline and Apple's (AAPL) 3 % drop from Thursdays intra-day highs, the NASDQ 100 ( QQQ) closed on a new weekly high not seen since the market crash in 2008. Economists, Elliot Wavers and …
Ever since the French Revolution began in 1789, a time when the aristocracy lost its glamour and Marie lost her head, the French masses have steadily improved their standard of living. These days, mandatory paid vacation time in France (and …
